tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42460641134927524422024-02-20T12:25:09.097-08:00Susie Lim's BlogFriends Forever - A friend in need is a friend indeed.Susie Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123153444532508063noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246064113492752442.post-72961573061105038512010-09-18T02:08:00.000-07:002010-09-18T02:30:06.279-07:00Quote - Live as a lotus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSTZyVg-Kyu74rsBQhL94-8E8bk7t1lRbTwHvG1jO8-u11hOD2dhH8svSqq12Jw8vFELAVGlEEG8kA5RSZgw2EyfRQct7RdRc9XYnSpOdmdgYnuRupsG8zGRwciWwoTjS0dWgCA8y9ko/s1600/lotus.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 223px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518180207270226642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSTZyVg-Kyu74rsBQhL94-8E8bk7t1lRbTwHvG1jO8-u11hOD2dhH8svSqq12Jw8vFELAVGlEEG8kA5RSZgw2EyfRQct7RdRc9XYnSpOdmdgYnuRupsG8zGRwciWwoTjS0dWgCA8y9ko/s320/lotus.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;"><em>As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;"><em>To stand above it unsoiled, so I born in the world, raised in the world</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;"><em>Having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world</em></span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;"><strong>~ Buddha ~</strong></span> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PU7AMxEAC_Rfnkjh5Je1-Bj5KSZWTiOPtFQ8AuwEsGde41bnQdVUTjOj1EMsrY8ejF9OaiOxUmQr_gltIt2AeIHpWfO91RwKfEVvhV-sLGUglcjdn14dy8wjLpYwjdK1PNzsVD18OsU/s1600/lotus.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="color:#993399;"></span><br /></div><span style="color:#993399;"></span>Susie Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123153444532508063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246064113492752442.post-34502401749037915832009-07-04T20:06:00.001-07:002009-07-04T20:21:15.016-07:00Poem - On The Wings Of A Butterfly<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38xHdcbBqMZmfS2kTt4XUG22ccoS80d0ds9bWtzI6zATw_fHMQHq-Y-pDfdyQdbAsl8mOjldliUytDORVZ9sdduElNcYJ9231NdROTtNsKcgdSkHVjlLpexfz1ZhifJoC2Auws-uwqU0/s1600-h/slim-Y09-003+Poem-Butterfly.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354808502971388786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38xHdcbBqMZmfS2kTt4XUG22ccoS80d0ds9bWtzI6zATw_fHMQHq-Y-pDfdyQdbAsl8mOjldliUytDORVZ9sdduElNcYJ9231NdROTtNsKcgdSkHVjlLpexfz1ZhifJoC2Auws-uwqU0/s320/slim-Y09-003+Poem-Butterfly.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Susie Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123153444532508063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246064113492752442.post-58014737965846180492008-10-31T22:33:00.000-07:002009-07-04T20:20:55.927-07:00Quote - Things in the world<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sD2hvtj11IdvTY_0_WSFy9fO0FdaBerJBZWB-mhkeLgW7zay6vqB2bRc_cpbVdqLh16RmrjahsvmUCHirxCAOLMBMX50gQXbGgwS3gzc8aEcN7JBRsSuDoigHgrlgNp6Dtayhyphenhyphen6aKs0/s1600-h/slim-quote-001-08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263558411847368050" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sD2hvtj11IdvTY_0_WSFy9fO0FdaBerJBZWB-mhkeLgW7zay6vqB2bRc_cpbVdqLh16RmrjahsvmUCHirxCAOLMBMX50gQXbGgwS3gzc8aEcN7JBRsSuDoigHgrlgNp6Dtayhyphenhyphen6aKs0/s320/slim-quote-001-08.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Susie Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123153444532508063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246064113492752442.post-52320889261473190992008-10-30T06:16:00.001-07:002011-09-23T10:01:23.044-07:00Belugas<div align="left">
<span style="font-family: arial;">Aquariums are real great places to visit with lots of fun. I have found two aquariums which provide lots of information about the habitants and with great informative websites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My first encounter of the aquarium is in Atlanta, Georgia.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">The belugas and rays are my favourite here. The oceanarium is huge and you can swim with the gigantic sharks as they seems to be gentle. You just have to trust the sharks at least for once...</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">and recently they brought in a Manta ray...great animal that swims gracefully.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My second encounter of the aquarium is in Chicago - Shedd Aquarium.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">(see picture) This aquarium has been opened very long ago. As you can see Miki, the beluga calf is so cute and it's lots of fun seeing Miki swim with its mom. Miki just turn one this year. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It's really nice to know about aquariums and all the animals there...like sea turtles, arapaima, jelly fish, eels, tropical fishes etc...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbj22xPoQ-5NlcKCRJL05Od6ScrZndBfoVPP-FMcboPeCaMk8yaoIlzve6EWHEVUaedFAJsraSkvQCD6okU_S4ecO9loEhXDWlCwmXvEED4PF7AN07ISAJ7ePx7BqN0onLyQ_lAtAtVbk/s1600-h/slim-weekend-Y08-001-02.jpg"></a></span>Susie Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123153444532508063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246064113492752442.post-4429538881879602082008-10-30T06:09:00.000-07:002008-11-13T22:11:46.575-08:00Kathina at Wat Chanhorm<strong>- SUNDAY, 27TH OCTOBER 2008</strong><br /><br />This temple is located at Sik, Kedah.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iBKN-cBnqPRH7e0zZg9CiA?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9snCwCHfVm99OTFtzB_TwJ0eUJ2KVOcrcqE1EzkBS3nwrK8bBqcnvtQqRER9T_0r79-AEA1cxtef_dL_Nnzlnp547TU6Qf-uoMVX9v2HXsM-cPZyyQaOk9xCWaUzsvBrd24sRAnNgq8/s400/DSC00904.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We started our journey from Malaysian Buddhist Meditation Centre (MBMC) at 6.00 am with breakfast of soupy fried noodles in the bus. We reached Wat Chanhorm for Kathina at about 8.00 am. First thing we did was paid respect to Reverance Uttara at his loadging (on the right from the back entrance).<br /><br />Since we arrived quite early in the morning, we went to the hall for another breakfast where they offered us porridge and some local delicacies - wajib, lepat and black/white glutinous rice in folded triangle shape.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GShiAQEI6XT6WS0P18x_9A?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BPHdxTP58PXBa_oq5HCr93FgadiKuMeOik0QtHExODBLDSBluKo-okWxkjRNMipw1EC6mf4kTqwP6QdmcdbKF3esRRl5X9rpAWfzGy08l2lJoZIcddeXlBZjqUqjukqruuteL_EEhEU/s400/DSC00951.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />After breakfast, we walked around the places as they have set up stalls selling items from locals Thai like poster, dresses etc. There are also stalls set up selling food and fruits.<br /><br />I bought this fruit here - it's called "salak" tasted sweet and sour with a mild smell.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oFULH267qv_CrYv5s5kASA?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeA76Zzv5qSGmrkbuxE5n7NkKInklW881CYX69faV9KytbU962rOpUNIDHeQdcKaWxLlQyoAQv6hQ3Ucmpp73TIiLoPVxcN_QVMdi4lS7vV3ZNX__xj4ivEV4b3ovB4YDegD-UqHe1mI/s400/DSC00984.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Since it's a hot sunny day, it was real bright and so we decided to helped out in the kitchen to serve the cakes and fruits<br /><br />Then we proceed to the main hall where I have taken some snaps of the main shrine and the beautiful drawings on the walls next to the roof.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IDReq1ukzekpwDSqkhsY5Q?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL0VH5h8nWrRFWgOCyhE4-G1-AAnGzyLoCUN4S12DsWxQ7646K_ARDjEuOAt8_z18xk5LhuMHEDlyOuSdlHfIvf-WeislTiliFliY_T_clhi-PIsp3_xW8Rmj9IF8UiBXh3oPzaw2zBg/s400/image005.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The locals here were busy with money tree for Kathina.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XDvbjAKA-zZ0nxvYrSogiw?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OJ3ro8KYsC2zqo4hhhC00jYsM6cpdMxetj9fGGnG8l6cympUPOL4AKYzeHlF5mGV6neI3W8DlwRZfVdayCQdrQQUB14M4OtLNjil7ePGFNej7LF04FhPuG7O1BjyT8jvNUgvQM9Q6iw/s400/DSC00983.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MngsPOBiBJ3gFfyhZ9L_nA?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqeyonOaIYV6qAnU0w1hfLFQJbiKCLG-cTbxs6_39clSoSdHMaQ-F7k7q5EvjsJmND6agktJ2R3HxUJI2pkuZFMjzHTa5xjcAWcKDJojCcxNMkt-Q3XLDd-7Npo1zCP-nDURcxZKyrUw/s400/image001.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/L4fsCvEIc9NBNuC8VCCddg?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLPMBDS7fCWb541ghIZw4Bk4Vf1DYW5LDiVk8qi_oqb0UxKPJKMRLkTNJGhKOPQPiAACWjVdUdPsPhpF1JaqqGlzEcJ1pmxuulEr2NrfbPRb23erfcmk_Ed0RafdMOUHSb2yF8Uvdr08/s400/image002.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The ceremony started at 1.00pm with chantting and offering of Kathina robe, robes and flowers over the rounds. The weathers was terribly hot and most of us were bare footed for the rounds.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lWYM6p60aCcyIElBG25Tyw?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCooHeYp8AN6ouEJoXkzUbisE90tTRErEvV7GAhURBKgIL-isbN4CDP1ceYicwqwQX4xA4QX6EjnWTg4l_RgF-6p7_OIi8f0A28n2F_nk1FzueyUkcqXFRU-iooJaJ3RcBBIEVQr_jOJ8/s400/image003.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SF3SS4b2isyqvX7WEKqh9w?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRO0adCUc3zrHRYAGpKFYh9omMk9sr8GtqTUhgupi-AxWjHcKsgfmOOk9eS5A9iM7Gg6Eq2isUPHgPqWTMs8fMVRF-k80ZWypWlg5J3JsgqpchNzqCyQ3QwYTTW7xpne-Yoqab4uMGrc/s400/image004.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We offered bouquet of flowers which cost RM10 per bouquet. Since some of the devotees were not present to offer their kathina robes, we helped them to offer to the monks.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g7pBltd3PeqfHFzR2E74eQ?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhn7AMUSzVV_bVyGUnLsHt5G40jh-EkPdPPJycOZR8NbWAVtmkDxvu0vPcL2X0Z-d-dwfui3z9BXFWyfR0Q_dQZ65RbF-wucPnv8wl-gdYFcsdkzPJr879qqtNYcbDJMRVYXQa4rf38sA/s400/flowers02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lsusie2008/KathinaWatChanhorm?authkey=DkQirOp6PmI">Kathina - Wat Chanhorm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The process of offering ended with transfer of merit at 3.00pm and we traveled back to Penang. Everyone seems to be rather tired as the bus pull off smooth and sound. We reached MBMC at 5.15pm.<br /><br />It's a nice trip and a big sahdu to the organiser of MBMC for this arrangement.Susie Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123153444532508063noreply@blogger.com0